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  The Muppet Show - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Muppet Show is a television program featuring a cast of Muppets (diverse hand operated puppets, typically with huge eyes and large moving mouths) produced by Jim Henson and his team from 1976 to 1981.
Other Henson Muppet creations were featured in the films The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, and the Sesame Street–based Follow That Bird, as well as in a large variety of films, made–for–TV movies, direct–to–video children's releases, and television specials.
The Muppet Show characters went on to star in The Muppet Movie, which was the first film to feature puppets interacting with humans in real–world locations, and later films such as The Great Muppet Caper and The Muppets Take Manhattan.
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 Muppet newscaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
One of the running gags on The Muppet Show were absurd fake newscasts provided by a myopic commentator (he later got thick fl horn-rimmed glasses) in a loud checked sportcoat.
The Muppet newscaster also appeared in several Muppet movies in scenes where a news flash was required by the script.
In contrast to the Muppet Show gags, which were typically isolated gags, the Muppet newscaster was part of a larger joke in the movies.
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 Muppet Definition / Muppet Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Muppets are a group of puppets and costume characters created by Jim HensonJames Maury Henson (September 24, 1936–May 16, 1990), commonly known as Jim Henson, was one of the most important puppeteers in modern American television history.
Though the term is often used erroneously to refer to any puppet that resembles the distinctive style of the Muppet Show and Sesame StreetSesame Street is an American educational television program for young children, which led the way for many of the current standard of combining education and entertainment in the shows.
Muppet is a 3-year research project from 1.
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 Read about The Muppet Show at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research The Muppet Show and learn about The Muppet Show here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Muppets (diverse hand operated puppets, typically with huge eyes and large moving mouths) produced by
Kermit the Frog (performed by Henson) trying to keep control of the varied, outrageous, kinetic Muppet characters, as well as keep the human guest stars happy and secure.
The Muppet Movie, which was the first film to feature puppets interacting with humans in real-world locations, and later films such as
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 The Muppets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Muppet Movie, opening scene John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together An anything Muppet family on Sesame Street The Muppets are a group of puppets and costume characters created by Jim Henson and the company he created.
The word "Muppet" itself was said by Henson to have been created by combining the words "marionette" and "puppet"; however, Henson was also known to have stated that it was just something he liked the sound of, and he made up the "marionette/puppet" story while talking to a journalist because it sounded plausible.
Muppets are distinguished from ventriloquist "dummies", which are typically animated only in the head and face, in that their arms or other features are also mobile and expressive.
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 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Muppets from Space at Epinions.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Muppets from Space is a gentle spoof, as befits a movie from a company that's produced its own share of fantasy and sci-fi.
The Muppets riff on formats from the variety show to the jewel-heist movie to the fairy tale for their own blend of children's puppet show, flower child rebellion, and vaudeville humor.
The Muppet writers understand children, and although the movie would probably not be scary for all but the smallest kids, it captures very well what it's like to be small and helpless, prodded and probed.
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 THE MUPPETS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A term derived from the combination of "marionette" and "puppet," a Muppet is a puppet creature that is manipulated by a puppeteer with at least one hand inside the puppet, used to operate an opening and closing mouth.
One consequence of this design is that most muppets are left handed as the puppeteer uses his right hand to control the face and the control rod is operated by the left hand.
In the UK the word muppet has come to be used as a mild term of abuse, meaning a stupid, incompetent, or possibly geeky person.
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 The Muppet Show
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Despite its creative inspiration being American, Jim Henson was unable to get the show produced in North America, but instead persuaded Lord Lew Grade at ATV in Great Britain to produce it.
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 OAFE - Muppet Newsman review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
This is a Muppet News Flash: Before Jon Stewart or Fox News, there was only one fake newsman on TV - the Muppets' own bespectacled plaid pontificator, the otherwise-unnamed Muppet Newsman.
It's been said that the only difference between the '70s and the '90s was the choice of colors used for their respective plaids.
The Newsman's blazer is a beautiful disaster of brown, white and red that perfectly suits the typical notion of an outdated newscaster (or a used car salesman).
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 The Muppet Show: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about The Muppet Show
The show's popularity has been so expansive that Muppet characters have been treated as celebrities in their own right, inlcuding presenting at the Academy Awards and being interviewed on the respected newsmagazine 60 Minutes.
Jim Henson's Muppets also went on to star in the (always short lived) television programs The Muppet Variety Hour[?], Muppets Tonight[?], and the acclaimed mythology-inspired series The Storyteller[?].
Long term Muppet performers include Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz[?], Steve Whitmire[?], Karen Prell, Brian Henson[?], and Brian Muehl.
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 tvdvdreviews.com -- The Muppet Show: Season One DVD Review
Each disc is decorated with a portrait of one of the Muppet gang — Kermit on disc one, Miss Piggy on disc two, Fozzie on disc three, and Gonzo on disc four.
The discs are housed in a foldout case decorated with photos of the Muppets on the exterior panels and a detail of the red Muppet Show curtain on the interior panels.
Hosted by a staid Muppet newscaster who gets progressively more unhinged as the pitch goes on, this proves to be an interesting artifact — especially considering the fact that it in no way resembles what The Muppet Show eventually became.
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 The Muppet Show
Though they appear in various earlier forms (see Jim Henson), the Muppets gained widespread popularity on the landmark PBS live-action/puppet series Sesame Street.
The Muppet Show characters went on to star in The Muppet Movie, which was the first film to feature puppets interacting with humans in real-world locations, and later films such as The Great Muppet Caper and The Muppets Take Manhattan.
Bear on Patrol - Fozzie is a unlucky police officer and Link Hogthrob is his stupid superior who always get into the silliest situations with the criminals brought in.
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 Muppet newscaster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
One of the running gags on The Muppet Show were absurd fake newscasts provided by a myopic commentator (he later got thick fl hornrim glasses) in a loud checked sportcoat.
He would race in from stage right--on occassion tripping and falling on his face--and exclaim urgently, "This is a Muppet news flash!" Sometimes he would add something simple as "There is no news tonight," and exit again, stage right.
Other times he would deliver the news, which was often ridiculous tripe about people being eaten by monsters or hit by localized tidal waves, and then snidley comment on how ridiculous it was.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/muppet_newscaster   (177 words)

  
 Jim Henson Biography
These puppets, which Henson called 'Muppets,' became very popular and soon received their own air time with the show of his own creation, "Sam and Friends" (1955-1961).
Henson continued to produce muppet television show/specials such as "The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show" in 1982 and "Fraggle Rock" in 1983.
Shows such as "Muppet's Tonight", "The Wubbulous World of Dr. Suess", and the "Bear in the Blue House" and films such as The Adventures of Pinocchio and Buddy were created by these companies.
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 Muppet Fever by wayens (Queen Latifah Movie) | LjSEEK.COM
Add Swedish chef, Muppet newscaster, Statler and Waldorf, Fozzie, Great Gonzo, and the Electric Mayhem who all made their official debut.
Muppets Wizard of Oz was actually a treat and surprisingly was more closely based on the book than the original 1930s
I remember the Muppet Show had done a rendition with Piggy as Dorothy Gale but this time around we have pop star Ashanti and Piggy quadrupled her star power with playing the 4 witches (yes in actuality there were 4 witches of Oz, not 3).
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 'The Muppet Show: Season 1'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
"The Muppet Show" filled that bill, and the entire first season is now available in a four-disc DVD set ($39.99) so comforting I may never leave my basement.
Created by Jim Henson in 1975 as he looked for an older audience after the success his Muppets enjoyed on "Sesame Street," "The Muppet Show" pilot was rejected by networks.
The shows were set in an old theater, and we followed the characters seamlessly from the front of the house to the back, bickering all the way.
www.azcentral.com /ent/movies/articles/0812muppetsdvd0812.html   (569 words)

  
 Newscast Directors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Form a back-up newscast team to substitute for Larry Beaulieu when he is absent from meetings.
A newscast typically consists of the coverage of various news events and other information Information is a term with...
This is the Society Newscast for Monday, December 9, 2002...
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 Muppet newscaster Definition / Muppet newscaster Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
One of the running gags on The Muppet ShowThis show was later spun-off into an animated television series Muppet Babies, and that features kid-friendly versions of all your favorite Muppet characters who all live in Nanny's nursery.
[click for more] were absurd fake newscastsA newscast typically consists of the coverage of various news events and other information, either produced locally by a radio or television station, or by a broadcast network.
It may additionally include such additional material as sports coverage, weather forecasts, traffic reports, commentary and other material that the broadcaster feels is relevant to their audience....
www.elresearch.com /Muppet_newscaster   (215 words)

  
 The Muppet Show -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The television show depicted a (A variety show with songs and comic acts etc.) vaudeville-style song-and-dance (A show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances) variety show, as well as the backstage antics involved in putting the show on.
Though they appear in various earlier forms (see (United States puppeteer who created a troupe of puppet characters (1936-1990)) Jim Henson), the Muppets gained widespread popularity on the landmark (A solution containing a phosphate buffer) PBS live-action/puppet series (Click link for more info and facts about Sesame Street) Sesame Street.
The rights to the episodes and characters used in The Muppet Show, and subsequent film outings, were bought in February 2004 by (Click link for more info and facts about The Walt Disney Company) The Walt Disney Company.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/T/Th/The_Muppet_Show.htm   (2598 words)

  
 Amazon@Apolyton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The only complaints I would bother to make are that his hat and headset are a little hard to get on and keep on, but not impossible.
Some of the larger muppet figures use magnet technology to keep their hats on, and those are extra neat!
Incidentally, that is a great playset to have for displaying a large number of Muppet figures.
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 La Demostración De Muppet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
La demostración de Muppet es un programa de la televisión que ofrece un molde de Muppets (marionetas operatorio mano diversa, típicamente con los ojos enormes y las bocas móviles grandes) producido por Jim Henson y su equipo a partir de 1976 a 1981.
El otro "las creaciones de Muppets de Jim Henson" ofrecieron en las películas el cristal oscuro, laberinto, y la calle del sésamo basada sigue ese pájaro, así como hacia adentro una variedad grande películas, de las películas hacer-para-TV, de lanzamientos de los niños del dirigir-a-vi'deo, y de specials de la televisión.
Los ejecutantes a largo plazo de Muppet incluyen a Jim Henson, onza franca, Nelson jerry, caza de Richard, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Karen Prell, Brian Henson, y Brian Muehl.
www.yotor.net /wiki/es/la/La%20Demostraci%F3n%20De%20Muppet.htm   (961 words)

  
 Film Threat - Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Twenty nine years have not aged the Muppets at all and with Disney’s purchase of the Jim Henson Workshop, no episodes will be broken from others, and full season sets, beginning with this first one, are a great boon for Muppet fans.
In fact, the original pitch reel for the Muppets Show on the fourth disc mentioned “Laugh-In” executive producer, George Schlatter, pairing with Henson on this project, which never came to pass.
The original pitch reel that Jim Henson used to try to convince the networks of the value of the Muppets is also here, where Henson pokes fun at pitch reels, with a newscaster character shouting about this not being a very subtle pitch.
www.filmthreat.com /Reviews.asp?Id=7948   (1040 words)

  
 The Michigan Daily Online
If "3rd Rock From the Sun" and "The Muppet Show" were to conceive a child, the warped product would undoubtedly be "Lost on Earth," USA network's newest original comedy.
The series stars Tim Conlon ("Party of Five") as Rudy, a failing newscaster who is demoted to host a kids' puppet show as his last chance at success.
But in the shock of his life, he discovers that the puppets are really a group of bitter, dysfunctional aliens who are lost on earth.
www.pub.umich.edu /daily/1997/mar/03-11-97/arts/arts4.html   (567 words)

  
 DVD Talk > Reviews > The Muppet Show - Season One
This season may be the weakest of the Muppet's run, but there are still plenty of classic episodes here to keep you entertained.
The Muppet Show Season One is presented in its original 1.33:1 full frame aspect ratio and has a remarkable transfer.
It starts out with a Muppet newscaster talking about the show and then that Henson insanity creeps in.
www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/read.php?ID=17087   (1712 words)

  
 CHUD - Cinematic Happenings Under Development   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Gonzo is next again, this time singing and trying to find a dancing partner while the other dancers and their partners crack jokes at him.  Afterwards, there’s another quiet moment between Kermit and Julie in which she sings him a song.
Sam the Eagle is next up with a short speech on “namby-pamby conservationists”, followed by a Muppet Labs episode involving hair-growing tonic.  Finally, Julie Andrews sings and dances with a bunch of monsters to end the show.
The last “special feature” is called “Muppet Moments”, and it’s another 1 minute short featuring one or more of the Muppets, and ends with an uplifting slogan.
www.chud.com /chudvd/reviews/muppet.php3   (2353 words)

  
 TV on DVD: 'Profit,' 'The Muppet Show: Season One,' 'McMillan & Wife: Season One'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
It's easy to get cynical about TV shows on DVD when it appears to have become a profitable dumping ground for anything that ever aired (*cough* "Punky Brewster"), but the release of Fox's 1996 series "Profit" shows the value of the format.
Childhood nostalgia for young parents and pure entertainment for their children, "The Muppet Show: Season One" ($39.99, Buena Vista Home Entertainment) is an all-around treat.
The best device is "Muppet Morsels," basically pop-up on-screen trivia that can be activated during episodes in place of audio commentary.
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 The Flick Filosopher | It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Snarky and sweet at the same time and loaded with cameos of celebs having a great time, it's even set in the old Muppet Theater, like the show was, with the star on the door of Miss Piggy's dressing room and Statler and Waldorf heckling from the balcony and everything.
Because it's the rare newscaster, it seems, who isn't completely delighted to be talking to such a huge star -- a cultural icon, really -- as Kermit.
This time, the Muppet Theater is being foreclosed on by the mortgage holder, banker Rachel Bitterman (Joan Cusack: Toy Story 2, Runaway Bride).
www.flickfilosopher.com /flickfilos/archive/2002/verymuppetxmas.shtml   (632 words)

  
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And I do mean clearly -- they don't scare me anymore, but the memories are vivid enough (especially for someone who generally doesn't remember their dreams) that I know they were pretty traumatizing at the time.
I don't know if the first was based upon any specific Muppet episode or not.
One of the recurring skits on the Muppet Show was a newscaster reading some bizarre bit of news, after which he'd invariably fall victim to whatever gag he was setting up.
www.michaelhanscom.com /eclecticism/2005/02/muppets_are_sca.txt   (251 words)

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